Chess piece
The crossword clue "Chess piece" is answered by PAWN, a 4-letter entry. Used 40 times across 26 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1951. It appears in 14 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
PAWN
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PAWN answer page.
Used 40 times across 26 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1951. It appears in 14 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- CASTLE (10 uses in xd)
Other clues for PAWN
Every other clue in this collection answered by PAWN, most used first.
- Hock - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Lowly chess piece - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Scrabble piece - TILE, used 223 times
- Mah-jongg piece - TILE, used 133 times
- Piece of cake - SNAP, used 122 times
- Chess piece - ROOK, used 109 times
- "Piece of cake!" - EASY, used 109 times
- Construction piece - IBAR, used 72 times
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